The sad truth about technology and EQ.

[Arclanz]

Originally Posted by Jenova [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree that original everquest was much better before ventrilo, teamspeak, roger wilco, etc. In fact All the way up to planes of power and gates of dischord, my guild raided and we did not use vent. We were able to organize, communicate, and effectively do raids by only typing. I think that players getting familiar with their class roles through leveling and learning the various tropes just made for better players over all. Even during some of the 8-16 hour plane of time raids we were able to make coordinated strikes.
It is funny how in many modern mmo's after everquest, such as world of warcraft, guilds in that game were adamant about having teamspeak for raids and all of these crazy cmod interface ui raid assist garbage. I mean mostly wow raiding was a joke, though there were some challenging encounters, it was nothing compared to everquest justice trials or the avatar of water corinav encouter. I mean having the option to use these tools is one thing, but my guild in wow required it. I argued with them constantly that it was more of a crutch and that as long as someone knows how to play their class and can pay attention, it is not that hard lol. I mean try playing a cleric in everquest where you rotate complete heals and where casting a heal to early or not medding enough could cost you one heal when you need it to save the main tank. Not many games have the challenge and foresight that everquest did. You cannot just spam spells and heals and hope to win.
Anyways thats just my rant but I do think that sometimes mmo's need to kick our ass and teach us that we must actually think and be deliberate about our actions not just spam the same 1, 3, 5, 4, 2 hotkeys over and over to kill things.
On a another side note. I wish more games had the darkness that everquest had at night in original. If you were a human you could not see 10 feet in front of your face and it made for some tense moments exploring when you did not know what could be heading your way. Also, mobs that roam the entire zone and path randomly? that is win in my book i hated how wow had clusters of enemies that barely moved and were basically static nodes.
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Although I prefer more white space in posts, I agree with everything you said. Much hate for TS and the better-than-ultravision lighting of modern day EQ. That said, if I became good friends/hunt companions with someone, then I wouldn't mind talking to them regardless of how they sound. No interest in talking to complete strangers, though.

[Vondra]

I definitely liked MMOs a lot better when Vent/TS etc wasn't a thing.

It's not even that I mind hearing people talk when it's related to the game. Calling incs and assigning stuff and all that on vent, have no problem with it.

It's all the boring inane shit MMO players talk about when they don't have to type it out that I don't want to listen to. Especially when they try to be funny.

[Freakish]

Originally Posted by TarukShmaruk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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[LordSterben]

Totally agree. Voice chat kills it for me for many of the reasons above. For one, it breaks the fantasy and immersion of the game. More irritating...give most kids a microphone and they somehow think it's their duty to say every meaningless thought that pops into their head. I just see it as laziness...if you can't communicate what you need to say in a chat window you need to learn how to type faster. If you have to say something long-winded, then that's what downtime is for. =)

[Duie]

I don't think TS or vent has ruined EQ . At least for myself , it can be quite fun to get together w/ friends and shoot the shit while grinding xp. Cell Phones however ,has defiantly changed the way we raid and IMO not for the better.

[webrunner5]

I love Ventrilo. I have a big time porn site going on at the same time in raids and they think I am a pure sex daddy. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.][You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Plus I was in the Navy for 4 years and I cuss like hell. So they love the screams and the cussing. They sure do look forward to me. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Vent best thing EVER invented. 2 thumbs up!!